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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRS3-0-1 in his first appearance…played australian, asianand canadian tours from 1987-89. 1999: recorded hisfifth and sixth third-place finishes, at touchstone Energytucson open and John Deere classic. 1998: posted fourtop-10s and 10 top-25s in 25 appearances. top-10s came atthe Bob Hope chrysler classic (t10), the Deposit guarantyclassic (t7), the FedEx St. Jude classic (t7) and the LasVegas Invitational (t8). 1997: played in 26 events, finishingin the top 10 four times, including a solo third. three ofthe top-10s came in consecutive starts, at tHE pLaYErSchampionship (t10), the Freeport-mcDermott classic (t4)and the greater greensboro classic (3)...also finished solosixth at the michelob championship at Kingsmill. 1996:closed with a 68, one stroke shy of Willie Wood at theDeposit guaranty classic, for his fifth career runner-upfinish…Won merrill Lynch pebble Beach Invitational.1995: First of two runner-up finishes came at the BuickInvitational of california, where he placed four strokesBeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t48—2010 Hp Byron Nelson championship.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2009 Soboba classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t48—Hp Byron Nelson championship.2010 SeASon:Had never teed it up on the pga tour prior to his rookieseason. Back problems forced him to withdraw after oneround from his last two starts, at the turning Stone resortchampionship and the Wyndham championship. Finishedthe season with 20 starts, earning $91,343 and failing torecord a top-25 finish. Will begin the 2011 season on aminor medical Extension, with five events to reach theearnings of No. 125 troy merritt from the 2010 officialmoney list.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: completed a phenomenal late-season rush that sawhim rise from No. 188 on the Nationwide tour money list toNo. 15 in the final five weeks of the season and earn a pgatour card for 2010 despite making only 10 starts. Statuswas so low following the 2008 Qualifying tournament thathe did not make it into a tournament field until the 18thKirk Triplett (Continued)behind peter Jacobsen. He then finished two strokesbehind greg Norman, turning in another t2, this time at thecanon greater Hartford open. also t3 at B.c. open. 1994:Was part of four-way t2 at at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am, one stroke behind Johnny miller. 1992: posted firstsecond-place finish at Shell Houston open. 1990: rookieon the pga tour after earning playing status throughthe 1989 Qualifying tournament. 1988: Winner of albertaopen, Sierra Nevada open and Fort mcmurray open.PeRSonAL:Says of days on foreign tours: “I wouldn’t trade the experiencefor anything. I learned so much, not only about golf,but about myself. I’ll be telling stories about asia until theday I die.”…Known for his patented “bucket” golf hat…active in promoting adoption through the Fore adoptionFoundation and the Dave thomas Foundation.Jerod TurnereXeMPt StAtUS: minor medical ExtensionFULL nAMe: Jerod alan turnerHeiGHt: 5-10weiGHt: 210BiRtHDAte: march 4, 1975BiRtHPLAce: oak Harbor, WaReSiDence: Hurst, tX; plays out of Hawks creek gc(Fort Worth, tX)event on the schedule. made only one cut in five startsbefore he turned the tables late in the year. Was a lastminutealternate to get into the field tuesday afternoon atthe WNB golf classic in midland, tX, and earned his firsttop-10 of the year with a t7. Earned a spot in the $1-millionSoboba classic the following week. captured his first careerwin in just his ninth career start. Shot a final-round 69, oneof 11 sub-70 scores, to overtake the 54-hole leaders andwin by two over Derek Lamely. Held the second-round leadafter scores of 68-66 and was tied for third, one back headinginto the last day at the cc at Soboba Springs. Birdiesat Nos. 2 and 5 gave him the outright lead, which he neverrelinquished. First-place check of $180,000 vaulted him fromNo. 150 to No. 17 on the money list with only three weeksto go in the season. Was No. 188 on the money list prior tohis start in midland. Followed the win at Soboba with a t6at the chattanooga classic. Ended the year with a t32 atthe miccosukee championship and a t14 at the Nationwidetour championship. 2008: missed the cut in his only twoprevious starts on the Nationwide tour, at the preferredHealth Systems Wichita open and the utah championship.Winner of the 2000 and 2004 Waterloo (Ia) open, wherepast champions include tom Lehman (1986), Woody austin(1993), george mcNeill (2001) and Derek Lamely (2008).Has also played on the adams golf tour and gateway tour.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.57Driving Distance ...........................................282.6Driving accuracy percentage .......................71.65%greens in regulation percentage ................65.08%putting average ...........................................1.750(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–Wyndham championship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2000 canongreater Hartford open/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $558,000–2000 Nissan open/1career High official world Rank: after 2000 theInternational/25FAMiLY: Wife, patricia; madison (11/01/00), Jaxon(10/27/03)eDUcAtion: Weatherford collegeSPeciAL inteReStS: Hunting, fishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2000nationwide tour Graduate (2009)PeRSonAL:Non-golf related jobs held include working as a generalcontractor…Lived in Egypt and turkey for periods from ages5 to 14 before his family returned to the united States.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................72.60 (187)Driving Distance ...........................................279.0 (160)Driving accuracy percentage .......................61.66% (126)greens in regulation percentage ................58.94% (191)putting average ...........................................1.768 (59)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 66–crowne plaza Invitational atcolonial/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 66–2010 crowneplaza Invitational at colonial/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $18,330–2010 Hp Byron Nelson championship/t48career High official world Rank: after 2010 FarmersInsurance open/329Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2010 21 8 212/57 $91,343/209total 21 8 91,343nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2008 22009 10 6 1 3 5 $237,993/152010 3total 15 6 1 3 5 237,993699* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-373